(Assis et al., 2018; Tyberghein et al., 2012)
| Data layer | Units | MSE change |
|---|---|---|
| Sea water temperature (mean at min depth) | °C | 92 |
| Dissolved oxygen concentration (mean at min depth) | mol/m | 85 |
| Ice divergence | 1e-8s-1 | 79 |
| Sea ice thickness (mean) | m | 72 |
| solar heat flux transmitted through ice: sum over categories | W/m2 | 69 |
| Ice fraction | 1 | 69 |
| Ice concentration for categories | % | 68 |
| Depth | m | 68 |
| wind stress module | N/m2 | 66 |
| Iron concentration (mean at min depth) | mol/m | 63 |
| Data layer | Units | MSE change |
|---|---|---|
| Depth | m | 48 |
| Latitude | degree | 47 |
| Longitude | degree | 32 |
| Photosynthetically available radiation (mean) | Einstein/m/day | 25 |
| brine salt flux | 0.001*kg/m2/day | 16 |
| Sea ice thickness (mean) | m | 15 |
| Sea Water Salinity | 0.001 | 14 |
| Sea Surface Salinity | 0.001 | 14 |
| Sea ice thickness (range) | m | 14 |
| Sea ice concentration (mean) | fraction | 14 |
| Data layer | Units | MSE change |
|---|---|---|
| Ice thickness (cell average) | m | 68 |
| Light at bottom (mean at min depth) | mol/m/s | 54 |
| Iron concentration (mean at min depth) | mol/m | 48 |
| Primary production (mean at min depth) | g/m/day | 46 |
| Chlorophyll concentration (mean at min depth) | mg/m | 43 |
| Carbon phytoplankton biomass (mean at min depth) | mol/m | 42 |
| Ice velocity along i-axis at I-point (ice presence average) | m/s | 41 |
| Depth | m | 33 |
| Current velocity (mean at min depth) | m/s | 33 |
| Nitrate concentration (mean at min depth) | mol/m | 31 |
| Data layer | Units | MSE change |
|---|---|---|
| Depth | m | 26 |
| total flux at ocean surface | W/m2 | 10 |
| non-solar heat flux at ocean surface | W/m2 | 9 |
| Sea Water Salinity | 0.001 | 8 |
| Sea Surface Salinity | 0.001 | 8 |
| sea surface height | m | 8 |
| non solar Downward Heat Flux | W/m2 | 7 |
| Nitrate concentration (mean at min depth) | mol/m | 5 |
| Sea water temperature (mean at min depth) | °C | 5 |
| Sea ice thickness (mean) | m | 4 |
Dr. Youyu Lu and Dr. Xianmin Hu for NAPA model access
This research was undertaken thanks in part to funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, through the Ocean Frontier Institute.
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